Bucksport mill to shut down this week

BUCKSPORT — The paper mill in Bucksport is scheduled to begin shutting down this week after more than 80 years as a major employer in the town of about 5,000 residents.

Production at the Verso Paper Corp. mill will be fully finished by Thursday, company spokesman Bill Cohen has said. Clean-up, winterization and mothballing will then begin, and the official shutdown date will be Dec. 31, he said.

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